Problems with upgrading server?
We have about a half dozen PLCs on the process control network at our small plant, most are SLC5/05s, and a couple of Micrologixs. Our server is currently a Windows 2000 machine with RSLinx 2.43. If...
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Connect 2 controllers with EtherNet/IP through a router
Dear All,I'd like to ask whether it is possible to connect 2 PLCs (both have EtherNet/IP capability) through a router.Here is the case :- We have 3 machines each with Compact Logix AB PLC.- We need to...
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Kinetix 6000 PID controlled speed
Hello everyone, I have a Kinetix 6000 CIP drive (unwind) and I need to control its speed by a PID controller. I have everything working except the MCD instruction doesn't pick up on the PID output...
View ArticleFlow Meter on Micrologix 1400
Hello, I have a three wire Hall-Sensor flow meter that I would like to monitor with my ML1400. From watching this tutorial from The Automation Store I believe I can figure out how to get flow rate...
View ArticlePanelview 800 - Multi-state indicator from 2 bits?
I am currently copying/rewriting the HMI for several of our old CH PanelMates over to PanelView 800s. The Panelmate allowed for conditional expressions (e.g. Condition 1: [Bit1] &~[Bit2] would be...
View ArticleAdd on instructions (FB's)
Good day Can some one tell me , i have a compact logic PLC L36ERM, How can i monitor it online by following the contacts while this add on instruction is in operation ? WHen ever i am online and...
View ArticleSetup Panelview 800 for SLC5/05
We are in the process of changing out our old PanelMates to PanelView 800s. All my previous experience with the Panelview 800s was on Micrologix PLC's. I have the graphics created for the first HMI,...
View ArticleFactory talk view how to insert the .ocx file
hello everyone. I would like to know how to insert the ocx file into Factory Talk View Studio, because i need to use the activeX control from cognex camera to show the image in my screen. Thanks in...
View ArticleCopy Of Add on instruction
Good Day I need some expert Advice. I have a Add on instruction in my software for Belt control. So lets say we have 10 conveyor belts that work the same , i use this function block to program all...
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micrologix 1200 watchdog
I have been getting this fault in a 1200 MicroLogix once a day. Does anybody know that it is? Thank you
View ArticleCompact Logix to Zebra ZT410 printer
I am trying to get a Zebra ZT410 printer to print a time date stamp via a compact logix L19ER with TCP logic. It appears to create, open write, close, and delete the socket but I never get any data...
View ArticleML1200 and 1762-IF4
Hello all, I have an Micrologix 1200 with 3 1762-IF 4 modules. The 1200 PLC recently failed and I put a new one in and loaded the same running program. When going to run, it faulted saying the program...
View ArticleMicrologix 1400 series C
I just went to a customer site this afternoon to load software onto a new machine. When I put the processor in 'run' it immediately faulted and the error said the download didn't match the unit. So I...
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Encoder reset and events on encoder position
Hello, I have a 1734-VHSC24 fast entry card. An ifm rup 500 encoder. I want to reset my encoder counter on a rising edge of a sensor. The problem is that on a rising edge it doesn't reset my...
View ArticleGSV Instruction
Could I use a GSV instruction to capture the exact time that I get 2 discrete inputs ?
View ArticleExport Data Files to .txt or .csv file?
Does anyone out there know how to get RSLogix 5 to do this? With the Report options all I can get is a .prn file but Excell doesn't know what to do with it. I've looked at some conversion programs on...
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CPT instructions on a PLC-5/40
I'm working to fix/improve the functioning of a program running on an a PLC5/40E. I think high Scan Times are a big problem with this current program. ((Backstory: someone added some quasi motion...
View ArticleAllen Bradley 160-AA04NSF1 motor won't start using keypad
I am reassembling a machine from storage. I have connected the Allen Bradley variable speed drive to 3ph power and plugged in the keypad. I have set the P46 – [Input Mode] set to 2 and connected a...
View ArticleDisable communication alarms on Panelview 800?
I've got my first PanelMate to Panelview conversion done, but I am having a problem with the alarms; I get a random "2: Data Access Error for Alias XXXX, Controller PLC-1, Address is XXXX,...
View ArticleDistributed SE Restore
It's been quite the while since I have had to restore an SE network distributed application. I'm trying to get it restored in the distributed application manager but when it starts it fails. There's a...
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